Just Like A Real Italian Kid by Michael Gizzi (The Figures 1990). a thin chap full of. memoir but in a cursive yet direct prose. telescopic leaps and nugget finds. I really like this. I saw him read at the Boston Group Grope of 2000, and thought that was as good as reading gets. measured, quietly sly, very commanded. I don't think I got M Gizzi till I heard him. I heard several readers at the Boston Massacre (NEGordon, for one) who built up similarly impressive heads of steam, but were scattershot compared to Gizzi. virtuoso slinging is still slinging.